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Are the Right People in the Right Seats? (HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe newly appointed CEO of Highstreet Properties has doubts about several members of the top team she has inherited. She's trying to drive a turnaround,... -
Case Study: Pull the Plug on a Project with an Uncertain Future?
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleA real estate developer considers whether to push forward with an office complex in the midst of Covid-19. -
If Work Is Digital, Why Do We Still Go to the Office?
Workspaces design Digital ArticleWe like seeing people, even if it’s inefficient. -
What Is Luxury Without Variety?
Marketing Magazine ArticleSummer homes are more desirable than snack cakes in all but one respect: Many people could, if they chose, buy 100 different kinds of snack cake, while only the superaffluent can afford more than one summer home. In an age when consumers crave variety, luxury items pose a bit of a problem. How do you […] -
How the Insurance Industry Can Push Us to Prepare for Climate Change
Finance and investing Digital ArticleBy better pricing risk, it can change our behavior. -
What Amazon’s HQ2 Wish List Signals About the Future of Cities
Economics Digital ArticleThe attributes metros must have to thrive in the digital economy. -
Before You Sign That Lease…
Operations strategy Magazine ArticleOffice space rental is often a big expense for a small company. But it can be unnecessarily expensive if you don’t understand the hidden costs and restrictions that are buried in many leases. The first thing to understand is that when you negotiate an office lease, your landlord probably has the advantage. If you’re like […] -
Motivating Through Metrics
Leading teams Magazine ArticleGetting the right people on board—and then all enthusiastically pulling in the right direction—has bedeviled organizations since the time of wooden ships, when the most popular form of motivation left lash marks. Today’s corporate helmsmen may be more enlightened, but they still face the same challenge. How can a company transform its frontline crew into […] -
U.S. Commercial Real Estate Is Headed Toward a Crisis
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleMore than $1 trillion in loans will come due over the next two years. Here's how companies can protect themselves. -
Research: Restricting Airbnb Rentals Reduces Development
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA new study found that in the three years after regulations were enacted, residential permit applications fell by an average of 10% in 15 U.S. cities. -
3-D Negotiation: Playing the Whole Game
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhat stands between you and the yes you want? According to negotiation experts David Lax and James Sebenius, executives face obstacles in three common... -
The Growth Crisis—and How to Escape It
Financial analysis Magazine ArticleA combination of forces is making it harder than ever for companies to increase their revenues. But there is a way out of the trap—and it’s closer at hand than you might think. -
Enterprise’s Leader on How Integrating an Acquisition Transformed His Business
Brand management Magazine ArticlePhotography: Stuart Isett The Idea: When the car rental company acquired Alamo and National, rather than execute a “takeover,” it moved slowly and sought to learn from its new brands. In 2007 Enterprise Rent-A-Car was marking its 50th anniversary. We had much to celebrate. With more than $9 billion in global revenue, […] -
What CEOs Get Wrong About Activist Investors
Organizational Development Digital ArticleActivists are a source of potential value, albeit a risky one. -
Pull the Plug on a Project with an Uncertain Future? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn this fictional case, Alex, a real estate developer, is at a crossroads in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. His company is a year away from completing... -
Uncovering Your Hidden Occupancy Costs
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleSenior managers at large companies may think that occupancy costs are too insignificant to worry about, too technical to analyze, and too fixed to control.... -
Power from the Ground Up: Japan’s Land Bubble
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleFor more than two years, Americans have heard distant rumors of unthinkable land price escalation going on in Japan. News reports indicate that in 1988, Japan’s theoretical land value surpassed by four times that of all land in the United States, a country nearly 25 times larger than Japan. Another real estate bulletin: the calculated […] -
Learning to Play in the New “Share Economy”
Mergers and acquisitions Magazine ArticleCan an auto rental company fully integrate its car-sharing start-up without losing customers? -
Managing Real Estate to Build Value
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleA comprehensive approach to corporate facilities can cut costs and increase productivity. -
Pull the Plug on a Project with an Uncertain Future? (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn this fictional case, Alex, a real estate developer, is at a crossroads in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. His company is a year away from completing...
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A Student's Dilemma: Rent or Buy?
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Whenever an investment is made, there are always costs and benefits. This case explores, based on quantitative and qualitative factors, a decision that... -
The Campbell Home (C)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Campbell siblings Thomas and Sally are faced with selling their childhood home. They need to make several difficult consequential decisions, all the while... -
Doer's Profile Donald John Trump (1946 - )
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Designed to facilitate a discussion of the nature of enduring success. Includes both biographical data and excerpts from autobiographical material. -
EverTrue: Mobile Technology Development (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Brent Grinna is evaluating different options for the technology development of his start-up's iPhone app, including hiring local programmers, finding... -
Salt Harbor: Confidential Information for Easterly
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Two-party negotiation involving a bed and breakfast and an incoming coffee chain. -
WeWork in 2021: The Next Chapter
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case details the journey of Sandeep Mathrani as he took over as CEO of WeWork, a flexible space provider, in the aftermath of the company's attempted... -
Pilgrim Assurance Building
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A local real estate developer has to decide how much to bid for a Boston office building in 2005. -
Nassau Properties Partnership: Tax Consequences for Real Property
Management Case Study11.95View Details In August 2021, the co-owner of the property management and rental business Nassau Property Partnership, located in London, Ontario, asked his brother,... -
Yale Investments Office: November 2020
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details David Swensen and the Investments Office staff must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments-hedge... -
A Green Forest Grows in Brooklyn: Joint Venturing with the Chinese
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details MaryAnne Gilmartin, President and CEO of Forest City Ratner ("Forest City") was planning for yet another protracted discussion over the merits of a green... -
Habitat for Humanity International in South Africa
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In March 2006, Larry English, Director of Program Design and Innovation for Habitat for Humanity International Africa and the Middle East, was reflecting... -
Residencial Los Andes
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Peninsula Investment Group is deciding wether or not to recapitalize an equity investment in a Residencial Los Andes, a residential project in Santiago,... -
Lakeside
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case presents an ethical choice: How should a prospective buyer respond when a homeowner quotes a price that the buyer knows is significantly below... -
Sifton Properties: From Solar to Sewage
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2012, an MBA intern at Sifton Properties Ltd. had to decide on a recommendation to top management about the installation of a renewable energy installation... -
Katerra (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details In May 2020, SoftBank executives, having invested nearly $2 billion in Katerra, decided the vision of an end-to-end, vertically-integrated construction... -
Simon's Hostile Tender for Taubman (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Sun Hung Kai: A Governance Crisis in a Family Firm
Communication Case Study11.95View Details The case study documents an incident involving one of the world's largest family-owned, publicly traded firms. The case is set in Hong Kong, where Chinese,... -
Redeveloping Newcastle: Public Incentives to Spur Commercial Development
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Louise Dejan was a successful real estate developer operating throughout northeast England. The city council of her hometown of Newcastle faced a problem... -
Meinhard vs. Salmon (Abridged)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details At the end of a lease, one partner secured a new lease on a larger space that included the original space. The excluded partner demanded to be able to... -
Le Cerf de Tremblant
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details An owner was concerned about the condo she bought in Mont Tremblant, Quebec in 2006 as an investment property and for occasional use by her family. A...
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A Student's Dilemma: Rent or Buy?
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Whenever an investment is made, there are always costs and benefits. This case explores, based on quantitative and qualitative factors, a decision that... -
The Campbell Home (C)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Campbell siblings Thomas and Sally are faced with selling their childhood home. They need to make several difficult consequential decisions, all the while... -
Doer's Profile Donald John Trump (1946 - )
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Designed to facilitate a discussion of the nature of enduring success. Includes both biographical data and excerpts from autobiographical material. -
EverTrue: Mobile Technology Development (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Brent Grinna is evaluating different options for the technology development of his start-up's iPhone app, including hiring local programmers, finding... -
Salt Harbor: Confidential Information for Easterly
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Two-party negotiation involving a bed and breakfast and an incoming coffee chain. -
WeWork in 2021: The Next Chapter
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case details the journey of Sandeep Mathrani as he took over as CEO of WeWork, a flexible space provider, in the aftermath of the company's attempted... -
Pilgrim Assurance Building
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A local real estate developer has to decide how much to bid for a Boston office building in 2005. -
Are the Right People in the Right Seats? (HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe newly appointed CEO of Highstreet Properties has doubts about several members of the top team she has inherited. She's trying to drive a turnaround,... -
Nassau Properties Partnership: Tax Consequences for Real Property
Management Case Study11.95View Details In August 2021, the co-owner of the property management and rental business Nassau Property Partnership, located in London, Ontario, asked his brother,... -
Yale Investments Office: November 2020
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details David Swensen and the Investments Office staff must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments-hedge...